Try Again

When I first started to blog I got a bit disillusioned as I rarely got any replies to my postings but several friends have said that they actually did read them and would like me to start again so here goes!

We are still living on wonderful Bodmin Moor, the longer we live here the more I like it. In November of last year we started to renovate and extend our cottage and what should have been a month's work has turned into a long drawn out saga that has cost us fortune. Cottages that are built in the 1700's can be expected to have issues but it was the 1990's addition that was poorly done and has caused our fantastic builder Bob (yes, he really is Bob the Builder) so many problems. We have not been able to live in the house all winter and we have no idea when we will be able to move back in. In true 'Grand Designs' we are not only behind schedule but over budget and now have very little in the way of a plan and Steve is having to do most of it, with a bit of goffing from me.

Here are a few pictures so you can see what I mean the whole roof needed to be replaced, sewers, drains, stairs, the list seems to go on forever.